Dealing with Parallel processes. One of most difficult concepts for those new to process mapping is how to represent a parallel process.
Firstly, let’s define a parallel processes
- A process with Tasks that occur over the same time period
- A process with Tasks that must be done over the same time period
- A process with Tasks that are interdependent of each other but feed into the same activity
The diagram below shows one good way to represent these parallel and interdependent tasks.